ALCTS Cataloging & Classification Section

Mission

The object of this Section shall be to contribute to library service and librarianship through encouragement, promotion of, and responsibility for those activities of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) of the American Library Association relating to the cataloging and classification of information resources using both developed and developing metadata structure and content standards, and the use of these standards to provide intellectual access to and organization of information resources in both traditional and non-traditional settings; and to plan and monitor activities using ALCTS's Strategic and Tactical Plan as a framework.